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Article #3423Re: Need information on data compression algorithms
From: mct
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1987 10:25
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1987 10:25
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Reply-To:mct%praxis.uucp@ukc.ac.uk Once apon a time, about five years ago, a UK company called DJAI, (the authors of The Last One - a 4GL program generator) said that they had an algorithm which would (reversibly) compress arbitrary text into 40-80 bytes. They even had a demonstration system which claimed to show the algorithm in operation. They planned to demonstrate the system by compressing the complete source text of The Last One, copying the <80 bytes to a hand-held micro with a printer, then decompressing and producing the total listing from the micro. I expect the algorithm has been suppressed by the UK MoD :-)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!tcom!praxis!mct From: mct@praxis.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: Need information on data compression algorithms Message-ID: <383@newton.praxis.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 05:25:01 EST Article-I.D.: newton.383 Posted: Mon Mar 30 05:25:01 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 04:45:04 EST References: <318@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu> <1129@ur-tut.UUCP> <4503@columbia.UUCP> Organization: Praxis Systems plc, Bath, UK Lines: 11 Summary: :-)